Chapter 216

"Is the rumor true?"

The workshop director stared at Yi Zhonghai.

"I've been wronged!"

"I don't want to restore big landlord and big capitalist ideas!"

Yi Zhonghai broke out in a cold sweat.

"Did you stop Wan Ping'an from farming?"

"Did you want to divide his fruits of labor?"

The workshop director stared at Yi Zhonghai.

"I did stop him, but I didn't want to divide his fruits of labor; I was just educating him not to eat alone and to learn to share!"

Yi Zhonghai defended himself.

Slap!

The workshop director slammed the table.

"Yi Zhonghai, I think your thinking is really problematic."

"He doesn't steal or rob; why should he share the fruits of labor he grew by farming with you?"

"Isn't this just robbery?"

The workshop director scolded.

He had thought it was all rumors, but he didn't expect part of it to be true.

This is just jealousy!

"Yi Zhonghai, I announce your punishment on behalf of the factory leaders."

"Starting today, your worker grade is demoted to fourth-level; you have a three-day deadline to write a five-thousand-word self-criticism to reflect on your ideological errors."

The workshop director announced.

What?

Yi Zhonghai was shocked.

Demoted by two levels, wouldn't that make him the same as Jia Gensheng?

He had always looked down on Jia Gensheng, thinking he wasn't like a man, was cowardly, henpecked, and his fitter grade was two levels lower than his.

Now it's fine.

They are even.

He no longer had any sense of superiority.

"Director, please withdraw the punishment!"

"It wasn't easy for me to pass the grade exams; I worked hard for so many years to reach the sixth level, and you demote me by two levels at once; when will I be able to pass back up?"

"As long as you withdraw the punishment, I will definitely show my appreciation."

Yi Zhonghai was not an honest person.

He hinted to the workshop director.

"Sigh, it's useless to beg me; I'm just a mouthpiece."

"The decision to demote you was made by the factory leaders; if you want to cancel the punishment, you can only go to the factory manager; I really have no way at all!"

The workshop director shook his head and sighed.

He didn't want to punish Yi Zhonghai either.

After all, he was the workshop director, and Yi Zhonghai was in his workshop; if Yi Zhonghai had problems, he would also be criticized by the higher-ups.

The punishment for Yi Zhonghai had been decided before he came to find him.

The talk was just going through the motions.

"Director, is there no room for change at all?"

Yi Zhonghai held onto a glimmer of hope.

"No."

"You probably don't know, but the whole factory knows about this; the impact is too great and too bad!"

"If the factory leaders don't punish you and the higher-ups find out, the factory leaders will also be punished; think about it, is there any room for flexibility?"

The director shook his head, waved his hand, and let Yi Zhonghai leave.

Yi Zhonghai left the office, his eyes burning with fire.

"It must be Wan Ping'an's doing!"

"He doesn't want to let me go; he wants to destroy me completely."

"Didn't I just stop him from farming?"

"Is it necessary to kill me off?"

Yi Zhonghai was a smart man and soon guessed the truth; if someone hadn't deliberately spread it, it wouldn't have spread throughout the factory in a day or two.

Work was over.

People from the Sihe Academy who also worked at the steel mill brought the news of Yi Zhonghai's demotion back to the courtyard.

"Yi Zhonghai is really miserable, demoted from sixth-level to fourth-level; isn't that years of hard work wasted?"

"You can't say it's wasted; although he is fourth-level, he still has the strength of a sixth-level; if he takes the exam twice more, he can recover, but I'm afraid they'll restrict his exams!"

"I don't think this is simple; do you guess it was Wan Ping'an who did it?"

"Very likely, he's a ruthless person!"

"In my opinion, Yi Zhonghai deserves it; Wan Ping'an farms, doesn't steal or rob, and is self-reliant; what right does he have to stop Wan Ping'an from farming?"

"What right? Because he's jealous!"

In less than half an hour.

The news that Yi Zhonghai was demoted to a fourth-level fitter spread completely throughout the Sihe Academy, and even three-year-old children knew about it.

When Yi Zhonghai returned to the courtyard, there were even more people pointing at him.

Back home.

Yi Zhonghai took out another bottle of liquor.

He didn't use a glass.

And he didn't eat side dishes.

He opened the bottle, put the mouth to his lips, and downed half the bottle in gulps.

Cough, cough, cough!

Yi Zhonghai wanted to down it in one go.

But his throat couldn't take it, and he choked!

He bent over and coughed violently.

Yi Dama hurried over to help him pat his back and catch his breath.

"Dear, you can't ruin your own body!"

Yi Dama persuaded him.

"Wan Ping'an is too ruthless!"

"His heart is too black!"

"He had people spread rumors in the factory, saying I wanted to restore big landlord and big capitalist ideas, which led to my worker grade being demoted to fourth-level."

"He framed me; I won't let him off!"

Yi Zhonghai's eyes turned red.

It was anger!

And the effect of the liquor!

He drank too fast, too urgently, and didn't eat a single side dish, so the alcohol went straight to his head!

Slap!

Yi Zhonghai dropped the bottle.

Yi Dama shivered in fear.

"I'm going to settle the score with him!"

"I'm going to beat him to death!"

Yi Zhonghai was drunk, but not completely, and the alcohol gave him the courage of a hero, or rather, the courage of a coward!

"Dear, you can't go find Wan Ping'an!"